hk AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



tes, 1 suppose to aiiioiiiit to about three 

 tliousiUHl; I iiave seen otdy a few hundred 

 of them, at Sungie tJjoni], where they are 

 at least live hundred, at Jellahu, at lUim- 

 i)OW and at Joholc, where they are in small 

 number; and on the Company's territory 

 at Uomhia, where there are now one hun- 

 dred. Those 1 have not visited are to be 

 found at Sriminanti, Ulu Muai', Jelley, 

 Lingi, Lan^rhat, Ulu Coieng and jji tht' 

 whole of the mountainous chain running 

 down the middle of the Peninsula nntil 

 Kedah. 1 am induced to believe that thost* 

 who are said to inliabit the forest of Pa- 

 iuuig are an extension of tliose of the Me- 

 nangkabaw states, except perhaps those 

 who are white whom 1 have already ineo- 

 tioned. During the last few months many 

 families of the Jakuns of Snngie UjtHif; have 

 come into the Company's territories. From 

 what 1 can learn the following seems to be 

 the cause of I hat emigralioiL Ahou( the 



